Albino Squirrel in Edinburgh, Scotland

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The squirrel was photographed in the garden of Scott Neil, general manager of ice hockey team the Edinburgh Capitals, who lives in the Meadowspot estate.

Mr Neil said yesterday: “I saw it for the first time this morning and was quite surprised. I’ve never seen one before. My daughter put out nuts for the birds a few days ago and since then a few grey squirrels have been down.

“It stands out from the rest, but doesn’t seem to get treated any differently by other squirrels.”

It is likely the albino squirrel’s home is in the woods at Napier University’s Craighouse Campus or in the conservation area between the campus and Craiglockhart. More…

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We saw the same squirrel recently (In fact I’m quoted in the Edinburgh Evening News article). Or maybe it wasn’t the same squirrel – the one we saw had a dash of brown on its back and didn’t seem to have red eyes. There was a report a couple of years ago of an albino breeding successfully near Edinburgh, perhaps ours was one of the partial albino offspring? Lovely animal anyway

Whiter Shade of Tail

Back in the '90s I discovered a partially albinistic robin in a nearby park. I was much impressed. Though, after I marched all my biology classes the three-quarters of mile to the area to show them the lingering bird, they were not so impressed.
Scott Maruna is a high school science teacher and author from west central Illinois with a fascination in all forms of anomalous natural history. He may be contacted at hissingcockroaches (at) yahoo.com.